A dreadful leg stump half-volley from Sulieman Benn allows Guptill to sweep for four. And a single off the next ball takes him to the 150 mark. Could a double ton be on the cards here? Anything Gayle can do...

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New Zealand 240-3 after 40 overs (NZ won toss)

Batsmen: Guptill 145 from 131 balls (17 fours, three sixes), Anderson 2 from six

Fall of wickets: 27-1 (McCullum 12), 89-2 (Williamson 33), 232-3 (Taylor 42)

Bowling figures: Taylor 5-0-44-1, Holder 6-0-33-0, Benn 9-1-59-0, Russell 5-0-20-1, Sammy 8-0-38-0, Samuels 7-0-44-0

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Jason Holder belatedly brings himself back into the attack, but signs on with a short, wide ball that Guptill hammers away for his 17th four. Anderson takes a few balls to get his eye in then gets off the mark with a lash through the off side that is fielded just inside the rope.

Corey Anderson has an ODI strike rate of 126.30 so I don't think he'll be hanging around here. He sees out the Benn over with two pushes to the fielders. Expect fireworks soon.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"A terrific partnership ends. Taylor just overcommitted himself - it wasn't his call. Ramdin got round very quickly from behind the stumps and underarmed the ball."

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Guptill goes for the sweep but can't connect. Taylor sets off and is halfway down the track when Guptill sends him back. The throw to Benn is fast and accurate and the bowler whips off the bails. It's a wicket but probably not the man the Windies wanted.

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Guppers is putting his foot down here. The arrival of Taylor's pace is no skin of his nose as he cracks him between long-on and deep midwicket for four then launches a slower ball over square leg for six. The last ball is fast and full but Guptill is seeing it so early and simply lashes back over the bowler's head for four more.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Wellington

"The Cake Tin is so jam-packed that when I come out of the press box to sit in the stand, there's not a seat to be had. I find myself at the top of the stand, confronted by a feisty female security guard. 'You haven't got the right pass to be standing here.' 'Can I send an email?' 'Make it quick.' She's obviously not a fan of the live text."

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This is starting to look a bit messy from a Windies perspective. Guptill picks up two boundaries off Benn via a sweep and a lovely late cut.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Darren Sammy doesn't like going for boundaries. His figures are everything to him. I like to see bowlers chastise themselves when they bowl a bad ball and go for six."

Andy: Usually asleep but kids being a nightmare, thanks for keeping me sane! NZ to win inside 45 over unless Gayle plays the hurricane.

Too short from Sammy and Taylor cuts his second boundary past point for four to bring up the 100 partnership. It's the fifth between this pair in ODIs.

Is this one over too many for Sammy? Looks like it as Guptill launches him over mid-on into the stands about 30 rows back. That's the 401st six of the tournament and quite possibly one of the biggest.

Following Martin Guptill's century, there have now been 37 hundreds at the tournament. Six players have made more than one century.

Kumar Sangakkara leads the way with an incredible four centuries for Sri Lanka.

Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor, Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, India's Shikhar Dhawan, Bangladesh's Mohammad Mahmudullah and now Guptill all have two.

It's Guptill's seventh ODI hundred and came from 111 balls. He has 15 overs still to bat. I sense some pain for the Windies attack as we enter the final phase of the innings.

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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Martin Guptill is the second New Zealander to score a century in a World Cup knockout match after Chris Harris' 130 v Australia at Madras in the 1996 quarter-final.

"He is the first New Zealander to score 100s in consecutive World Cup matches, and he is also the first New Zealander to score 100s in consecutive ODIs twice, having also done this in 2013 against England."

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Superb innings from Guptill. He's timed it just right, now he can really cut loose and try and help New Zealand to post 350 or 360."

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Century Up

Guptill is within one blow of a ton. The crowd clap in anticipation. A dab to third man gets him two to reach 99. Oohs and aahs. The next ball is caressed down the ground for a single and he's there. A huge roar echoes round the Cake Tin. Superb innings from the Kiwi frontman. Taylor rounds off the over with his first boundary to ensure the ensuing drinks will taste all the sweeter.

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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special

"New Zealand are still scoring at a comfortable rate. They have the likes of Elliott, Anderson and Ronchi to come, all free strikers who they can use in the last 20 overs. The launchpad is there."

Samuels to Guptill - four down the ground. He is closing in on back-to-back World Cup hundreds here.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Darren Sammy is the sort of bowler who can be hard to get away on this wicket, no bounce or pace. It's important that New Zealand don't panic here. They're on for 330 or 340, if Ross Taylor just keeps his head."

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